& the Environment: War, Immigration

Care is renewedfor the one who must sendvery oftenover the binding of the wavesa weary heart. -The Wanderer

We'll begin this class--part of our current series, "& the Environment," which considers the intersection of environmental issues with other concerns--with some basic background on the ways in which climate change fuels both war and immigration. Mostly, however, we will continue what has been a series-long discussion of storytelling. What kinds of stories do we tell ourselves about immigrants and refugees? What would better stories look, feel, and sound like, and how can we learn to tell them? How useful is it to incorporate climate change and other environmental concerns into those stories? As with every other class this series, we will be meeting to discuss these texts on both Monday night and Wednesday morning. Please join us at whichever class best fits your schedule.